Use this editor if you wish to create/edit a parameter set for sheetfed presses that is saved as a "machine" in "Sheetfed Presses".
•"Ink Zone": "Number" and "Width" of the ink zones.
•"Plate Size": "Width" and "Height" of the printing plate.
•"Printable Area": The dimensions for "Lead Edge of Print", "Tail Edge of Print", "Print Margin" and "Gripper Margin" are taken from the respective plate edge. In other words, "Tail Edge of Print" refers to the upper plate edge.
•"Module": Set the "Perfecting" option if your press has a perfector. This option affects the data setup for finishing.
Loading the 'Sheetfed Press' to the Job
The press is defined when you are defining the plate template and the default machine data are loaded.
This means that the press is assigned indirectly through the plate template:
•Plate Template Editor and select press resource
•"Plates" step and select plate template resource
•"Track": Number and width of the tracks
•"Ink Zone": "Number" and "Width" of the ink zones.
•"Plate Size": "Width" and "Height" of the printing plate.
•"Printable Area": The dimensions for "Lead Edge of Print", "Tail Edge of Print" and "Print Margin" are taken from the respective plate edge. In other words, "Tail Edge of Print" refers to the upper plate edge.
•"Module": Input of the number of available webs and the name of the web by double-clicking the name.
•"Maximum Paper Size": Maximum size of the printing material.
•"Press Parameters":
·Differentiates between a web press (e.g. Labelfire) and a sheet-fed digital press (e.g. Versafire).
·This is where you can also set the lead edge of print and tail edge of print as well as the margins on the side (analog to sheetfed and web presses). These values give you the non-printable margins on the paper that you can also view in the graphic view (see View Properties and Enable/Disable Layers ).
•"Feed direction":
The feed direction from the resource is used to preassign an associated plate template correctly. This setting option is particularly important for digital presses.
Explanation: As a rule, the Signa Station assumes a vertical feed direction, i.e., the long edge of the paper as the feed edge. In digital presses in particular, the short edge of the paper is often assumed to be the feed edge, i.e. the horizontal feed direction. By creating a press resource with a suitable selection of the feed direction, the associated plate template is preassigned accordingly: the maximum paper dimensions are specified vertically and the specification of the feed direction ensures that a correct layout is still generated without having to rotate manually.
If the feed direction is now defined in a plate template and a paper without its own feed direction is assigned to it, then the paper is rotated in such a way that the feed direction for the Prinect Signa Station is vertical again. This also applies to JDF import if the paper is selected for the WebToPrint workflow or specified by the MIS.
This information is accordingly written to the JDF during output.